http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com/lets-get-stitching-backgrounds/ An encyclopedia of needlepoint and thread information for all stitchers. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:58:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com/lets-get-stitching-backgrounds//comment-page-1#comment-8782 Bargello Filler Stitches Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:31:16 +0000 http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com/?p=1953#comment-8782 [...] be a background, you will want a less busy pattern in a single color. In an older post, I have some ideas on stitching backgrounds that can be applied [...] [...] be a background, you will want a less busy pattern in a single color. In an older post, I have some ideas on stitching backgrounds that can be applied [...]

]]> http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com/lets-get-stitching-backgrounds//comment-page-1#comment-5235 Betsy Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:57:52 +0000 http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com/?p=1953#comment-5235 Hi - my first comment! just wanted to say that I often don't stitch a background for particularly pretty designs but I tea-stain the canvas beforehand to give it some color or texture. Last month I put the canvas in a bowl filled with POM juice mixed with leftover coffee and it turned a great deep burgundy shade. I stitched a small star using leftover threads and used the background as the foundation for the colors I chose. Hi – my first comment! just wanted to say that I often don’t stitch a background for particularly pretty designs but I tea-stain the canvas beforehand to give it some color or texture. Last month I put the canvas in a bowl filled with POM juice mixed with leftover coffee and it turned a great deep burgundy shade. I stitched a small star using leftover threads and used the background as the foundation for the colors I chose.

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